Characteristics associated with linkage to care from hospital referral to local treatment initiation for TB in rural South Africa.

This is based on complete case dataset including 557 who linked to care and 91 who did not link to care. This analysis does not include people who died within 90 days (n = 21). Linkage to care is defined as people initiating treatment at a local clinic within 90 days of referral from the hospital. (DOCX)